# dorú
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* dairiú, darú, doraca, dorae, dorag, doraga, doraí, dorg, dorga, doruga, drae, dró
* doradha, dorubha, doruighe (obsolete)
* dorugha, dorumha, drugha (superseded)

### Etymology

From Old Norse dorg (compare Faroese dorg (“fishing line”)), from Proto-Germanic *durgō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to bind fast”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /d̪ˠəˈɾˠuː/, /d̪ˠaˈɾˠuː/
* (Connacht) IPA: /d̪ˠɾˠuː/, /ˈd̪ˠaɾˠuː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəɡə/ (corresponding to the form dorga)
* Homophone: dorrga (Ulster)

### Noun

dorú m (genitive singular dorú, nominative plural doruithe)
* line (rope, cord or string)
* (specifically) fishing line
    dorú iascaireachta ― fishing line
    iascaireacht le dorú ― line fishing
    Chaith sé an dorú amach.He cast out the [fishing] line.

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
dorú
doruithe
vocative
a dhorú
a dhoruithe
genitive
dorú
doruithe
dative
dorú
doruithe
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an dorú
na doruithe
genitive
an dorú
na ndoruithe
dative
leis an dorú don dorú
leis na doruithe :
* Alternative plural forms: dairithe, duirithe

#### Derived terms

* buille dorú (“cast (of fishing-line)”)
* dorú aigigh (“plummet, plumb line, leadline”)
* dorú feádóireachta (“plumb line”)
* dorú grinnill (“groundline (fishing)”)
* dorú ingir (“plumb line, perpendicular”)
* dorú pluma (“plumb-line”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dorae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* ↑ “dorú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “doruġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doruba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 163, page 82
* ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 38, page 44
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 479, page 92
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 69, page 18
* ↑ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 74
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 429, page 139

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doruiġe; doruġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 257
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dorú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN